Type B equivariant foam categorification conjecture

Let Bmn\mathbf{B}^n_m be the endomorphism category

Bmn:=End2nFoam+(nm),\mathbf{B}^n_m:={\rm End}_{2n\mathbf{Foam_+}}(n^{\otimes m}),

and let (Bmn)τ(\mathbf{B}^n_m)^\tau be the equivariant category associated with the involution τ\tau. The equivariant Grothendieck group K0τ((Bmn)τ)K_0^\tau((\mathbf{B}^n_m)^\tau) is obtained by imposing the relation [X(k)]=[X(k)][-\mathbf{X}^{(k)}]=- [\mathbf{X}^{(k)}]. Type B equivariant decategorification conjecture. There is an isomorphism

C(q)Z[q±]K0τ((Bmn)τ)EndUq(so2n+1)(Sm).{\mathbb C}(q)\otimes_{{\mathbb Z}[q^{\pm}]}K_0^\tau\big((\mathbf{B}^n_m)^\tau\big)\cong {\rm End}_{U_q(\mathfrak{so}_{2n+1})}(S^{\otimes m}).

This proposes that equivariant decategorification of the type AA foam category produces the type BB spin representation-theoretic web algebra, providing a categorified explanation of the folding paradigm. It is presented as a proposed general framework rather than an established result.

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Primary source

Elijah Bodish, Ben Elias and David E. V. Rose, “Type B Webs”, arXiv:2607.13252 (2026).

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